Social Studies Chapter 1 Vocab

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to try hard to achieve a goal

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endeavor

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to take and gather such crops as wheat and corn for use

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harvest

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a type of ancient writing that uses pictures for words

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hieroglyph

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early human who lived by gathering wild plants and hunting animals

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hunter-gatherer

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a flat-topped hill with steep sides

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mesa

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spoken records, including stories, that have been passed from one generation to the next

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oral history

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a special feast given by the Native Americans of the Northwest Coast, in which the guests receive gifts

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potlatch

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flat or gently rolling land covered mostly with grasses or wildflowers

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prairie

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a method of cleaning land for farming by cutting and burning trees

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slash-and-burn

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a tall carved log used by Native Americans of the Northwest Coast to honor an important person or to mark a special event

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totem pole